Hi There
My name is Jonathan. I've been interested in music and hifi for long time, and enjoy going to gigs and concerts and have very eclectic tastes in music. ie rock, jazz, classical, choral, reggae etc.
Having a family and being self employed as a stained glass artist has meant Iv'e had to build my Hifi (cheaply) mainly through DIY. I have built speakers and amplifier kits and isolation racks before in the past.
As a musician, playing drums and percussio (as well as engineering and mixing sound in my church) I have become very interested in all aspects of sound reproduction, particularly, psycho-acoustics, and also how choice of materials (materials science) can affect how things sound. Non ferrous enclosures for amplifiers for example.
I’ve carried out some interesting experiments with carbon nanotube composites / mu metal, and piezoelectric EMI/RFI materials, in vibration control and shielding in computers/ ram modules/ amplifier/ Interconnects and mains cables etc. Sometimes creating startling improvements in sound quality. At the moment I’m experimenting with coupling/decoupling techniques and materials (source and speaker) again with astonishing results. I think the noise/vibration issues in both electrical and acoustic feedback systems in sound reproduction are huge culprits in terms of why we get dissatisfied with Hi-fi.
My system consists of:
Source SD card or HQ player feeding:
Dell Notebook i7 (ram modified & shielded )
Chord Mojo DAC (modified/shielded)
X2 2020 stereo Tripath amps (modified/shielded) vertically biamped
JBL 530 Studio speakers
REL Strata 3 (Modified)
Mains Cables DIY copper
Interconnects Neotech copper UP -OCC DIY
All components are Isolated using DIY sorbothane/aluminium/ceramic devices
